Describing the one who shaves his beard and lets his garment hang below the ankles as an open sinner
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Question:
And from this matter adjacent to performing sleep and improving his house, is it said that this is the end, or that he always possesses the people of the sacred city?
Answer:
The open sinner is the one who commits a major sin from the major sins; this is the basis. As for shaving the beard, it is a sin and forbidden. Likewise, letting the garment hang below the ankles is a major sin. Letting the garment hang below the ankles is a major sin, and the one who does it is an open sinner, without doubt, because it is a major sin. As for shaving the beard, it is forbidden, and its greatness is with the disbelievers, but it is not a major sin. However, it may become a major sin if one persists in it, or if he mocks those with beards, or if it is hidden from him that this is apostasy.
If he mocks the beard, or says that the religion is not hair, that hair is for the sheep, and hair is such-and-such, does he mock the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? Does he become a disbeliever? But if he merely shaves it following his desire, without mocking or making fun of it, this is considered an open sinner.
He is a doer of his sin, but it is not said that he is an open sinner and a shaver, and that he is a sincere believer; rather, he is an open sinner by this sin. Yes, unless he persists in it and continues with it after advice, after advice and after clarification, he continues with this. Then his action is likened to a path, because he added to shaving the beard abandoning the practice of the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) after he knew it. This makes his view from this consideration.
And from this matter adjacent to performing sleep and improving his house, is it said that this is the end, or that he always possesses the people of the sacred city?
Answer:
The open sinner is the one who commits a major sin from the major sins; this is the basis. As for shaving the beard, it is a sin and forbidden. Likewise, letting the garment hang below the ankles is a major sin. Letting the garment hang below the ankles is a major sin, and the one who does it is an open sinner, without doubt, because it is a major sin. As for shaving the beard, it is forbidden, and its greatness is with the disbelievers, but it is not a major sin. However, it may become a major sin if one persists in it, or if he mocks those with beards, or if it is hidden from him that this is apostasy.
If he mocks the beard, or says that the religion is not hair, that hair is for the sheep, and hair is such-and-such, does he mock the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? Does he become a disbeliever? But if he merely shaves it following his desire, without mocking or making fun of it, this is considered an open sinner.
He is a doer of his sin, but it is not said that he is an open sinner and a shaver, and that he is a sincere believer; rather, he is an open sinner by this sin. Yes, unless he persists in it and continues with it after advice, after advice and after clarification, he continues with this. Then his action is likened to a path, because he added to shaving the beard abandoning the practice of the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) after he knew it. This makes his view from this consideration.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ الشرح القديم ]، الإيمان قول وعمل يزيد وينقص — islamhouse.com (1:14:59)
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